Yuval Noah Harari’s Nexus is ambitious, bold and unsettling. It challenges readers to think critically about the future.
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Jude Law joins the pantheon of great screen Henry VIIIs, up there with Robert Shaw and Richard Burton.
The War Against the Past is sometimes convincing, but prompts larger questions about history, culture, education and morality.
Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
The births, deaths and marriages registry holds our stories and our histories. It’s important it continues to be managed by government on our behalf.
Cecile O’Rahilly was responsible for groundbreaking research on the historical and literary ties between Ireland and Wales.
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
Expressions can tell us a lot about the ways our language has developed over centuries.
Was Aristotle bald, or did he have plenty of hair? Modern tech makes photo-realistic depictions of ancient figures a breeze, but they may not be exact.
Dennis Glover asks where the world might be heading and warns that maybe the endgame has already begun.
Scrolls from Pompeii could now be read for the first time in 2,000 years.
Henry unwittingly set in motion a series of events that would forever change how English scholars would access the primary sources used in historical research.
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire or have sex, except to please men or have children.
Passionate about sharing his scientific findings, Humboldt paid for his expeditions, books and lectures out of his own pocket.
Over the past 15 years, the world has seen a financial crisis, the rise of populist politics and a fracturing of the world economic order. Sounds all a bit pre-WWII, right?
A property agreement between two men, signed in 1061, includes heartfelt declarations of lifelong trust and faithfulness.
The study of literature and rhetoric were at the heart of the elite ancient education carried out in Gaza.
Space may be considered the final frontier, but the US was once a frontier, too. How can space industry leaders avoid repeating practices that led to colonialism in the 18th century and beyond?
Paradoxes point to conceptual glitches or bugs. How to fix the bugs, or whether they can be fixed, is rarely obvious.
Through reports and testimonies from everyday people, ancient polymaths were able to learn a great deal about the natural world. But sometimes it was hard to separate fact from fiction.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
